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No. 82,298. Y Patented Sept. 2.2, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT .MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE EASON, of Lyons, in the county of Wayne, and'State of New York, have invented a. new and improved Bee-Hive; and I dohereby declare that the following is a-full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

The-object'of this invention is to provide an improved bee-hive.

It consists of the hereinafter-described arrangements of the severalparts, which will be fully described on reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents. a sectional elevation, taken onthe line .fr z of iig. 2, and

Figure 2 represents a plan with the cover removed and a part brokenaway.

Figure 3 represents an implement for removing the honey-boxes.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the body of the hive, provided with the opening a, for thepassage of the bees, over which a porch, B, is erected, for protectionagainst the weather,

The interior of the part A is provided with the comb-frames C and thedivision-board D, where it is designed that the bees shall deposit thatportion of the honey upon which they subsist, and the breeding-cells.

The object of the division-hoard is toregulate the capacity of the parta to the sizeof that of the family.

The comb-frames may be taken out from time to time to clean oil' the oldcomb as it becomes foul, the swingingdoor E being provided for thatpurpose; also to facilitate the hiving of detaching colonies by openingit and setting adjacent thereto another hive, wherein one or more of thecomb-frames C maybe placed, to which Y the separating colony willnaturally take.

Above the honey-board Fis arranged the honey-chamber H, where the boxesI are arranged for securing the box-honey, to which passages for thebees are made through the honey-board and through the bottom of thesaidboxes.-

K represents slides, which may be entered through ribs on thev edges ofthe honey-board, for the purpose oi' closing communication with the saidboxes through the passages 6, or with the chamber H, when it is desiredto remove the said box-es.

L represents ventilatng-'passages through the honey-board into thechamber H, and

M represents Ventilating-passages through the side walls of the saidchamber, which may, when desired, be closed by the valves N.

ln the cold weather, when it would expose thsbees too much to theeilectsvof the same to allow the circulation of air throughout the hive,as will be the case when the passages L are open, they'may be closed,and

one of the passages b, nexttc the side where the opening a is, may beused for ventilation, it being covered by wire gauze, whereby thedraught through the -hive will be directly upward, and will notmaterially ailect the bees, whichmay be .out of the way of the same,while it will equally serve to carry on the moisture imparted to the airby them. v

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The box A,provided with the porch B, swinging side E, comb-frames C, anddivision-board D, all as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The arrangement oi the ventilating-passages NLL, and b, the latterbeing coveredwith a wire screen,

as and for the purpose described.

' GEORGE EASON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. ELLswoRrH, E. A. GsIswoLD.

